Whaler. Correspondence
to Forbes W. Manchester, primarily from his wife Rhoda M. Manchester, written
in 1858 and 1859 while he was on a whaling voyage to the Indian and Pacific
oceans aboard the Henry Kneeland. There are
several letters written by Manchester while he was on the Henry Kneeland as well as a few written in 1869 from
Martinique while he served in the coastal trade on a ship carrying
lumber.